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goalie20248 January 2014
On behalf of the cast and crew of Frontier Guard I would like to say thank you very much for your time spent on your review of our show Frontier Guard. You were very precise and clear with your critiques.

However many things need to be brought to attention or researched before a critique can move forward. Mr. Caves entire production was accomplished on little to no budget and yet he still had the determination and motivation to set up the entire production and cast actors that were willing to work for little to no money at all and drive to the location of Pasadena which was out of the way for many of the actors and crew members including myself.

Many members of the cast were young actors that are gaining more experience as time goes on and or were friends that had little acting experience and were willing to help Rob create this production. While I appreciate the criticism I also ask that you take these factors into account and realize that while your expertise on film or television making is wise I ask that you expand that wisdom to common sense and critique in a constructive manor. I do not mean that you glorify the show and let your specific critique go to the way side because we can all benefit from your critique and I thank you for it. But what I do ask is that you apply your knowledge to something that's worth critiquing. This show was clearly never meant to be broadcast on a national network with the quality in which it was delivered and was merely a pitch of a rough idea of something that could turn into a more serious production with more serious effects, acting, production quality and an appropriate budget.

With all of your wisdom in all that you wrote, I say thank you, but I would suggest looking for a job at Variety, a professional Critiques magazine or news paper because I hate to see such talent in criticism go to waste by sitting in front of your computer looking up no budget films and ripping them apart for their efforts before researching the cast and crew and assessing what can be accurately criticized or what should be a private criticism note sent to the producer and willing to help rather than tarnish. I wish you luck on your job hunt. I am right there with you on that job hunt and I'am continuing to study my art and get better as not just an actor but as a person as well.
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Obvious production problems...
oscar-353 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I have several thoughts about production problems with viewing Rob Caves attempts at entertainment.

1. Weak and unbelievable main character casting....Overuse of wrong physical "type" casting of performers, I.E. too young, grossly obese and unbelievably other miscast performers.

2. Weak acting.....enough said, don't use weak performers for anything. Many people blatantly look right into the camera or are obviously reading their lines from scripts held off camera.

3. A Weak Middle- This is pacing or NO-pacing more accurately. You must start off great and not weaken in the middle or end. Because it causes boredom or drudgery for your viewers. If the story isn't compelling the weak script will damage the film.

4. A Weak Third Act- Many bad stories just sink towards the end. Looks all too familiar here. Either the story is hasty or unsatisfactory resolved, or it has several endings. The writer shows he doesn't know when to end the story.

5. Too much reliance on non-original video media essentials....Cave's heavy "re-use" of a LOT of non-original media or 3rd party owned production elements for ease.

6. Weak writing.....Your project will suffer if the dialog is full of plot exposition or just doesn't sound like the way normal people speak to each other. If the script doesn't have anything new or original about them. A lack or originality in film plots is something you can't get away with as a newcomer. Scripts about esoteric/oddball subjects will only interest a few people, not the masses of film goers. "Small stories" does not capture the attention of people to spend their time by viewing the film. At best a producer might get a film into a tiny niche of the art house film. Scripts must be good. And be VERY WARY of a writer that wants the "good" acting parts in their own stories.

7. Weak characters- The three Rules. "Characters must be FULL & people have many interesting facets." The fans in this video while having good wishes are not believable and are cartoons of TV roles, actors can be full and real. All good scripts are driven by conflict and stand or fall about the drama between a hero and opponent. The villain must be able to competently oppose the hero. An easy to beat villain takes away from he beneficial suspense and drama. The bad writers and bad actors will neglect their characters. That makes viewers feel they don't know the main character roles. It seems that they are only doing things for the odd sake of the story only---things that inconsistent with actions only minutes before. They contradict themselves and their story actions. It's confusing to the viewers. Their changes should be done because of who that become, not just arbitrarily for the writer wants in the story plot.

8. Green Screen Backgrounds for all scenery- Cave's GFX backgrounds are lazy, boringly static, bad & unwatchable.

9. CGI & Electronic computer EFX- Caves should use this sparingly. Don't overuse these tools in hopes they will save a story or overshadow other project weaknesses. Story is driven by good plots, themes, characters and NOT EFX.

10. Accept criticism. When people say that Caves show is not impressive, listen to them and figure out why. Don't ignore them in favor of people who say the show is glowingly great. No growth/learning is stagnation and gives us more bad episodes.
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